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1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online) |
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Category |
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
Manuscript Type |
Retrospective Study |
Article Title |
Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: Magnetic resonance imaging features according to grade and stage
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Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
All Author List |
Riccardo De Robertis, Sara Cingarlini, Paolo Tinazzi Martini, Silvia Ortolani, Giovanni Butturini, Luca Landoni, Paolo Regi, Roberto Girelli, Paola Capelli, Stefano Gobbo, Giampaolo Tortora, Aldo Scarpa, Paolo Pederzoli and Mirko D’Onofrio |
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Corresponding Author |
Riccardo De Robertis, MD, Department of Radiology, Casa di Cura Pederzoli, via Monte Baldo 24, 37019 Peschiera del Garda, Italy. riccardo.derobertis@hotmail.it |
Key Words |
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; World Health Organization classification 2010; Diffusion-weighted imaging; European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society staging system; Magnetic resonance imaging |
Core Tip |
This study aimed to describe magnetic resonance imaging features of pancreatic neuro-endocrine neoplasms by comparing them to histo-pathology and to determine the accuracy in predicting tumor grade and biological behavior. Beside vascular infiltration and liver metastases, ill-defined margins had high specificity for the identification of G2-3 and stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ tumors (90.3% and 96%, respectively). Lesion size above 17.5 mm had a 91.7% sensitivity in the identification of G2-3 tumors; apparent diffusion coefficient values below 1.21 and 1.28 × 10-3 mm2/s had high sensitivity (70.8% and 80.7%) for the identification of G2-3 and stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ tumors. |
Publish Date |
2017-01-12 13:49 |
Citation |
De Robertis R, Cingarlini S, Tinazzi Martini P, Ortolani S, Butturini G, Landoni L, Regi P, Girelli R, Capelli P, Gobbo S, Tortora G, Scarpa A, Pederzoli P, D’Onofrio M. Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: Magnetic resonance imaging features according to grade and stage. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(2): 275-285 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i2/275.htm |
DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i2.275 |